[GNC] Placeholder accounts not totaling on reports

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Thu Dec 19 07:43:08 EST 2024


on the Balance Sheet report options, Display -> Parent account balances ->
Calculate Subtotal

-derek

On Thu, December 19, 2024 7:34 am, Blake McBride wrote:
> Thanks, Derek.  That sounds great.  Can you please tell me exactly where
> that setting is?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Blake
>
>
> On Thursday, December 19th, 2024 at 6:14 AM, Derek Atkins
> <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Did you set the report options to roll up the sums?
>> -derek
>>
>> On Thu, December 19, 2024 7:05 am, Blake McBride via gnucash-user wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am using GnuCash 5.10. This is my initial effort to move to GnuCash.
>> I
>> > entered all of my opening balances against the Opening Balances
>> account as
>> > is normal. When I look at my Accounts, I see all of the correct
>> numbers,
>> > and I see the totals of the sub-accounts in the parent placeholder
>> > accounts as expected. Great.
>> >
>> > I set the reporting period to last year (1/1/23 - 12/31/23).
>> >
>> > When I run the Income Statement or the Balance Sheet reports, I am
>> seeing
>> > the following problems.
>> >
>> > It shows the detail current asset accounts correctly, but the parent
>> > Current Assets placeholder shows zero.
>> >
>> > The parent of Current Assets (Assets) shows zero too.
>> >
>> > However, at the end of the Assets section, Total Assets is correct.
>> >
>> > The same reporting error is repeated for Liabilities, Equity,
>> Expenses,
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > The parent placeholder accounts show correctly on the Accounts tab of
>> > GnuCash but are always zero on the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
>> > reports.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to fix this?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Blake McBride
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>


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
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